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Lenya, Lotte
Lenya, Lotte [ Blamauer, Karoline] (b Vienna, 1898; d NY, 1981). Austrian-born singer of mezzo-soprano quality (Amer. cit.). Went to Zurich 1914. Member of corps de ballet, Zurich Stadttheater and made stage acting début at Schauspielhaus. Moved to Berlin 1920, where she met the playwright Bertolt Brecht and the composer Kurt Weill, whose wife she became in 1926. Singing début Baden-Baden 1927 (Mahagonny). Created Jenny in Die Dreigroschenoper, Berlin 1928. Her distinctive singing style and accomplished acting made a major contribution to the success of the Brecht–Weill collaborations, especially in such songs as ‘Pirate Jenny’, ‘Surabaya Johnny’ and ‘Alabama Song’. With Weill, went to USA in 1933 and made new career in plays and films, incl. From Russia with Love.
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MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "Lenya, Lotte." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "Lenya, Lotte." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-LenyaLotte.html MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "Lenya, Lotte." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-LenyaLotte.html |
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Lenya, Lotte
Lenya, Lotte [née Karoline Blamauer] (1900–81), actress and singer. Best known as the wife of composer Kurt Weill and as Jenny in the 1954 revival of his Threepenny Opera, she was born in Vienna and was a popular cabaret and musical star in Berlin before the advent of the Nazis forced her to flee Germany. Lenya appeared in several of her husband's works in Germany, including creating the role of Jenny in 1928. Her first American appearance was in The Eternal Road (1937), followed by Candle in the Wind (1941), Weill's The Firebrand of Florence (1945), and Barefoot in Athens (1951). She later appeared in Brecht on Brecht (1962), and as Freulein Schneider in Cabaret (1966). Her “steel‐file voice” made her the definitive interpreter of her husband's songs.
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Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Lenya, Lotte." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Lenya, Lotte." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-LenyaLotte.html Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Lenya, Lotte." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-LenyaLotte.html |
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Lotte Lenya
Lotte Lenya , 1898–1981, Viennese singer and character actress, b. Karoline Blamauer. The wife of the composer Kurt Weill , Lenya was the foremost singer of his songs. She and Weill fled Germany in 1933 to work in the United States, where she appeared in The Threepenny Opera (as Jenny, a role she created in Berlin), Brecht on Brecht, Mahagonny, and Cabaret. Lenya has also made recordings and films (including The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, 1961, and From Russia with Love, 1963). |
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"Lotte Lenya." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Lotte Lenya." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Lenya-Lo.html "Lotte Lenya." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Lenya-Lo.html |
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"Lenya, Lotte." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Lenya, Lotte." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-LenyaLotte.html "Lenya, Lotte." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-LenyaLotte.html |
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Lenya, Lotte
Lenya, Lotte, see BRECHT and MUSICAL COMEDY.
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PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Lenya, Lotte." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Lenya, Lotte." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-LenyaLotte.html PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Lenya, Lotte." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-LenyaLotte.html |
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